Loom-temple.



PATENTBD NOV. 8. 41904.

A. E. BENSON.

LOOM TEMPLE. All.PI1I0(A'1,I0N V I'ILED AUG. 26. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

l the breast-beam B, Fig. 2, the temple-head ARTHUR E. BENSON, OFMAGNOLIA,

Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPER COMPANY, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ACORPORATION OF MAINE.

LOOM-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,874, dated November8, 1904.

Application filed August 26, 1904.

To a/ZZ/ 1.071,0771/ it 11i/Cty con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Magnolia, county of Pike, and State of Mississippi, haveinvented an Improvement in Loom- Temples, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to loom-temples; and it has for its object theproduction of novel means for effecting an up-and-down tilting' movementof the stand of the temple in order to properly adjust the same at ahigher or lower position relative to the breast-beam of the loom.

The novel features of my invention will be fully described in thesubjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the followingclaims.

Figure l is a perspective plan View of aloomtemple embodying one form ofmy present invention. Fig. 2 is a right-hand side elevation thereof, theshank of the temple-head being broken ofi'. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sideelevation, partly broken out, of the tilting plate-slide; and Fig. 4 isa detail thereof, partly in plan and partly on the horizontal line 4 Li,Fig. 3.

In Fig. l the longitudinally-slotted baseplate b, adapted in practice tobe secured to L, havingan attached shank it slidably mounted in thestand A and normally projected by a spring, (not shown,) may be and areall of well-known construction.

Usually the stand and base-plate are connected by a plate-slide which islongitudinally adjustable on the base-plate, and the stand is adjustablefore and aft on the stand by means of the slotted flange a on the stand.When it is found necessary to'tilt the temple in order to raise or lowerthe temple-head, it is eommon practice to insert pieces of paper orleather under one or the other edge of the base-plate, an unmechanicalexpedient and more or less inefficient. In my present invention I havemade the plate-slide capable of ready and accurate adjustment to tiltthe sriai No. 222,226. (No model.)

temple without interfering with the usual lateral or fore-and-aftadjustments referred to. To this end the plate-slide is made in twoparts pivotally connected and comprising a body portion l, havingupturned transverse ears 2 and an extension 3, the body and eX- tensionresting upon the base-plate b and being adjustably connected therewithby a clamp-screw 4, Fig. l, and a top 5. The top has depending ribs 6,which project loosely between the ears 2 and which are pivotallyconnected therewith by a pin 7, so that the top can be tilted upon thesame asa fulcrum. The stand. A is seated upon the to'p and is securedthereto by set-screws 8, Figs. 1 and 2, which extend through the slottediiange a, so that the stand can be adjusted fore and aft upon theplate-slide. In order to readil vary the inclination of the top of thelatter, and thereby raise or lower the temple-head, I have provided arotatable cam 9, mounted in the ears 2 and entering slots l0 in the ribs6 of the top. This adjusting-cam is made conveniently by pinning thesleeve 9 eccentrically on a bolt 1l, which is rotatably mounted in holesin the ears 2, the head l2 of the bolt v being shown as nicked, while anut I3 serves to clamp the cam when set.

By means of a screw-driver the cam can be turned when the nut 13 isloosened to raise or lower the front end of the top, changing theinclination of the temple-stand, and thereby the vertical position ofthe temple-head, aswill be manifest. A very accurate angular adjustmentcan thus be eifected entirely independent of the fore-and-aft or lateraladjustment of the temple-stand, the plate-slide thus constituting anadjustable tilting connection between the stand and the base-plate.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isf l. In a loom-temple, a base-plate, astand, a plate-slide connecting them and adjustable longitudinally onthe base-plate, and means on said plate-slide to change the inclinationof the top thereof andthereby tilt the stand.

2. In a loom-temple, a base-plate, a stand,`

a plate-slide having a tiltable top adapted to be rigidly connected withthe stanfL means to vary the angle of said top with relation to theplate-slide, and a connection between the latter and the base-plate.

3. In a loom-temple, a base-plate, a stand, a two-part,pivotally-oonneeted plate-slide the parts of which are adapted to berigidly Conneeted with the stand and base-plate respecy tively, and acam rotatably mounted on one part and adapted to cooperate with theother part of the plate-slide, to effect relative pivotal movement ofsaid parts and thereby vary the inclination of the stand.

t. 1n a loom-temple, a stand, a plate-slide

